My mother was a registered nurse who worked hard to keep her family healthy when one member was sick with the flu. These are her techniques, which match the recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
I knew Mom was good, but I never knew how good! While writing my two previous articles on preventing your child from getting swine flu, I started to research a third article on how to protect your family from getting flu (H1N1 or seasonal flu) when one person in the household is already sick with it. I was amazed to see every suggested step was something my mother used to do when taking care of my siblings or me when we were sick.
With seasonal flu and swine flu starting to spread across the United States and the rest of the world, I would like to share with you a few of my mother’s CDC approved techniques for caring for a sick child and preventing the rest of your family from getting the flu.
Read more:
How to Keep Your Family Healthy when One Member Has the Flu (Seasonal or H1N1)
Additional articles on preventing H1N1 (swine flu):
- How to Prevent Your Child from Getting Swine Flu
- Ways Parents and Teachers Can Help Prevent the Spread of H1N1 Flu in Schools
